Hello my name is Erin. I'm a professional copy editor who shares
writing tips for the real world on my blog at erinwrightwriting.com
Today's tutorial shows three methods for inserting trademark, copyright, and
registered symbols in PDFs using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Acrobat Standard DC, and
Acrobat Reader DC running on Windows. These steps should also work for most
earlier versions of Acrobat and Reader. The three methods we'll look at are
alt codes, the Character Map, and copying and pasting.
First we'll look at alt codes. The trademark, copyright, and registered
symbols are special characters included in standard font files. So the following
steps won't work with decorative fonts that don't include special characters.
If you're using decorative fonts without special characters, try the Character Map
or copy and paste methods shown later in the video. Please be advised that alt codes
normally can't be entered in the regular top row of numbers on a keyboard.
However, if your keyboard has a dedicated number pad you can easily use alt codes
for many special characters. To begin, select the Tools tab then select
Edit PDF in the Tools Center. Now insert your cursor where the symbol should appear in
the text and then press the Alt key while selecting the desired number
combination on your number pad. For the trademark, press Alt+0+1+5+3.
For the copyright symbol press, Alt+0+1+6+9 and for the registered symbol press Alt+0+1+7+4.
The Character Map is part of Windows. To insert trademark, copyright, and
registered symbols using the Character Map, select the Tools tab and then select
Edit PDF in the Tools Center. Now select the Search icon in the Windows taskbar.
And then search for and select Character Map. Now locate your font in the
Character Map's drop down menu. You can find the trademark, copyright, and
registered symbol in the character menu or select Advanced View and then use the
search box to search for trade mark spelled with two words, copyright, or
registered. If the Character Map is unable to find the symbol you need,
it may not be included in your font file, in which case select a standard font such
as Arial or Times New Roman that looks similar to your font. Now select the
symbol and then select the Select button and then the Copy button. Now close or
hide the Character Map and insert your cursor where the symbol should appear in
the text. Finally, select Ctrl+V to paste the symbol into the text.
The last method, copying and pasting, is the easiest but does require access to
another document software such as Microsoft Word. To begin, select the Tools tab,
then select Edit PDF in the Tools Center. Now open a Microsoft Word
document and select the same font used in your PDF. Create a trademark, copyright,
or registered symbol.
Select the symbol and then press Ctrl+C to copy it. Finally, reopen your PDF and
press Ctrl+V to paste the symbol into your text. For more information on
inserting the trademark, copyright, and registered symbol in Microsoft Word,
please watch my other video titled "How to Insert Special Characters in Microsoft Word."
You can find this tutorial in written format on my blog at erinwrightwriting.com, which is linked below. Feel free to leave me a
comment if you have a question about Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat that
you'd like me to address in a future video.
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